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14 Cards in this Set
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order from a court to law enforcement agency to release a person in jail to determine if they have been legally detained
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writ of habeas corpus
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legislative act that declares a person guilty and gives out punishment wothout a trial
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bill of attainer
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law that punishes someone for a crime committed before the act was considered a crime
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ex post facto law
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reasonable grounds for suspicion based on evidence from a good source
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probable cause
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courtstandard ststing that evidence seized in an improper search cannot be used to obtain a conviction
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exclusionary rule
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death penalty for conviction of a serious crime
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capital punishment
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relationship between the classification of a group of people and the public purpose of the classification
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rational basis
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grouping made on the basis of race, sex, or national origin
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suspect classification
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separate by race
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segregate
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elimination of seperation by race
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desegregation
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segregation that is a result of law
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de jure segregation
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segregation that results from housing patterns and the practice of assigning students to neighborhood schools
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de facto segregation
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government programs designed to end effects of past discrimination and help disadvantaged groups
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affirmative action programs
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treating minorities differently from others in order to make up for past discrimination
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reverse discrimination
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